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Market Samsung Q2 operating profit hits $58.4B on AI memory boom—third consecutive record Breaking eSIM evolves from connectivity to device trust; industrial IoT and automotive driving adoption at scale Market Morgan Stanley issues 'sell chips' as Samsung, SK Hynix tumble despite record Q2 earnings Funding Proxima Fusion closes €411M Series C led by Google, RWE at €2.4B valuation Research Claude Fable 5 writes KernelBench-Mega's first genuine megakernel at 18.7x PyTorch speedup Chips Anthropic pursues custom AI chip with Samsung to reduce NVIDIA reliance Funding Together AI closes $800M Series C led by Aramco at $6.5B valuation on $1.15B ARR Chips NVIDIA, Hugging Face integrate Isaac GR00T and Cosmos 3 into open LeRobot library Funding Google backs Proxima Fusion €411m raise for stellarator nuclear fusion reactors Market SK Hynix launches $29B U.S. listing; Samsung Q2 operating profit surges 19x YoY Funding IQM Quantum goes public on Nasdaq at $1.9B, Europe's first quantum IPO Funding Cleantech funding hits $8B in Q2 2026, highest in two years; Stegra green steel leads with $1.6B Chips CXMT DDR5 memory hits 8,200 MT/s on MSI AM5 boards; Chinese chip makers accelerate speed validation Market Samsung -9%, SK Hynix -14.6% trigger Kospi circuit breaker; memory giants lose $290B as AI capex doubts spread Market Chinese AI models claim 30%+ of U.S. token traffic; Z.ai's GLM-5.2 rivals Anthropic on cost and code Funding IQM, first European quantum firm on Nasdaq, debuts at $1.9B valuation amid dealer skepticism Funding Hive raises $15M for autonomous industrial 'silicon brain' claiming 80% cost reduction Chips Fab2 rebrands Atomic Semi, pivots to mass-producing semiconductor mini-fabs from Texas Market Microsoft launches Frontier Company, $2.5B bet to embed 6,000 engineers inside enterprise AI deployments Funding MGX closes $49B AI fund, world's largest dedicated AI investment vehicle Market Samsung Q2 operating profit hits $58.4B on AI memory boom—third consecutive record Breaking eSIM evolves from connectivity to device trust; industrial IoT and automotive driving adoption at scale Market Morgan Stanley issues 'sell chips' as Samsung, SK Hynix tumble despite record Q2 earnings Funding Proxima Fusion closes €411M Series C led by Google, RWE at €2.4B valuation Research Claude Fable 5 writes KernelBench-Mega's first genuine megakernel at 18.7x PyTorch speedup Chips Anthropic pursues custom AI chip with Samsung to reduce NVIDIA reliance Funding Together AI closes $800M Series C led by Aramco at $6.5B valuation on $1.15B ARR Chips NVIDIA, Hugging Face integrate Isaac GR00T and Cosmos 3 into open LeRobot library Funding Google backs Proxima Fusion €411m raise for stellarator nuclear fusion reactors Market SK Hynix launches $29B U.S. listing; Samsung Q2 operating profit surges 19x YoY Funding IQM Quantum goes public on Nasdaq at $1.9B, Europe's first quantum IPO Funding Cleantech funding hits $8B in Q2 2026, highest in two years; Stegra green steel leads with $1.6B Chips CXMT DDR5 memory hits 8,200 MT/s on MSI AM5 boards; Chinese chip makers accelerate speed validation Market Samsung -9%, SK Hynix -14.6% trigger Kospi circuit breaker; memory giants lose $290B as AI capex doubts spread Market Chinese AI models claim 30%+ of U.S. token traffic; Z.ai's GLM-5.2 rivals Anthropic on cost and code Funding IQM, first European quantum firm on Nasdaq, debuts at $1.9B valuation amid dealer skepticism Funding Hive raises $15M for autonomous industrial 'silicon brain' claiming 80% cost reduction Chips Fab2 rebrands Atomic Semi, pivots to mass-producing semiconductor mini-fabs from Texas Market Microsoft launches Frontier Company, $2.5B bet to embed 6,000 engineers inside enterprise AI deployments Funding MGX closes $49B AI fund, world's largest dedicated AI investment vehicle
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Proxima Fusion closes €411M Series C led by Google, RWE at €2.4B valuation

Munich-based Proxima Fusion raised €411 million ($468 million) in a funding round led by XTX Ventures and East X Ventures, with Google and German utility RWE as strategic investors. The round brings Proxima's valuation to €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion), establishing it as Europe's best-funded fusion company. Other investors include KfW Capital, SPRIND, Burda Principal Investments, and returning backers Plural, UVC Partners, Balderton, and Cherry Ventures.

The funding will accelerate development of Alpha, Proxima's net-energy stellarator demonstrator scheduled for the early 2030s near Munich. RWE has committed to partnering with Proxima on building the first commercial stellarator fusion power plant on a decommissioned nuclear fission site in Gundremmingen, Bavaria. Combined with a prior €400 million from the Bavarian government, Proxima has now secured €800 million toward Alpha, with a further €1.2 billion expected from a German federal grant expected to be tendered later in 2026.

Google's investment marks its first backing of a European fusion company, signaling tech sector confidence in fusion as long-term carbon-free energy. Proxima has raised over €650 million total in less than three years, including €95 million in public grants—a public-private model that demonstrates how targeted government co-investment catalyzes venture capital at scale.

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